CNG 111, Lot: 74. Estimate $750. Sold for $1900. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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SICILY, Syracuse. Hieron I. 478-466 BC. AR Tetradrachm (24mm, 17.30 g, 10h). Struck circa 475-470 BC. Charioteer driving quadriga right; above, Nike flying right, crowning horses / Diademed head of Arethousa right; four dolphins around. Boehringer Series XIId, 344 (V169/R242); HGC 2, 1307. VF, toned, slightly off center.
From the Ealing Collection. Ex Classical Numismatic Group 60 (22 May 2002), lot 207; Classical Numismatic Group Auction 49 (17 March 1999), lot 129.